This week, Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid Al Adha, or the “Festival of Sacrifice”. But in Indian-administered Kashmir, the holiday has been marred by violence. Several people were injured in Srinagar during demonstrations against India’s rule. Stones were thrown at security forces, who used tear gas and fired shots […]

United States (US) President Donald Trump’s administration has quietly started cutting scores of Pakistani officers from coveted training and educational programmes that have been a hallmark of bilateral military relations for more than a decade, officials say. The move, which has not been previously reported, is one of the first known impacts from Trump’s […]

Cleric Ahmad Khatami told worshippers attending Eid prayers in Tehran the US President’s offer for direct talks with leaders in Iran was not acceptable. Mr Khatami said: “The costs of a possible US war on Iran will be definitely heavy for Americans, and any aggression against Iran will inflict costs […]

The US is prepared to use sanctions to drive Iranian oil exports down to zero, the US national security adviser, John Bolton, has said. “Regime change in Iran is not American policy, but what we want is massive change in the regime’s behaviour,” Bolton said on a visit to Israel, as he claimed […]

Turkey is accusing Washington of waging “economic war” and failing to respect its legal system over the fate of an evangelical Christian pastor whose 21-month-long detention on terrorism charges has roiled relations between the NATO allies. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman on Wednesday said comments by US President Donald Trump’s national […]